Tourism changes sought
There is no beating about the bush in the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s follow-up report on the impact of tourism on the environment.
Editorial
Tech giants’ fearsome power
Tech giants’ fearsome power
Facebook did everyone a favour when it shut down links to Australian news sites in its dispute with the Government.
It’s good to have you back
It’s good to have you back
It is that time of year again. By their thousands, they arrive in Dunedin.
Rethinking preparedness for wildfires
Rethinking preparedness for wildfires
Awareness is growing about the risks of wildfires burning down houses and threatening lives.
Thinking of Christchurch
Thinking of Christchurch
Can you recall where you were and what you were doing 10 years ago today?
Helping the medicine go down
Helping the medicine go down
Everyone loves a bargain, apparently. Cut-price this, sizzling-sale that, rock-bottom the other.
Healthy debate proof parties can work together
Healthy debate proof parties can work together
It did not take long for Covid-19 to make its malign presence felt in the political debate of 2021, as the reappearance of the pandemic disease in the community dominated proceedings this week.
Trust and politicians in the Covid era
Trust and politicians in the Covid era
One of the keys to New Zealand’s success in keeping Covid-19 at bay has been trust in our political leaders.
Anzac relations under stress
Anzac relations under stress
You could, if you felt like making light of a serious situation, have a bit of fun with the latest transtasman stoush and some of the verbal volleys flying between the leaders of New Zealand and...
Image blow for national airline
Image blow for national airline
There is nothing like an outbreak of Covid-19 to take the heat off an organisation’s links, however distant, with a questionable military regime.
Time to change marketing to children
Time to change marketing to children
Two reports last week drew attention again to the lack of effective action to reduce exposure of our children to junk food marketing.
Time to change marketing to children
Time to change marketing to children
Two reports last week drew attention again to the lack of effective action to reduce exposure of our children to junk food marketing.
Preserving New Zealand’s habitat
Preserving New Zealand’s habitat
Reform of the Resource Management Act will be the biggest and most profoundly important legislative work undertaken by this Government.
Petitions get a dedicated committee
Petitions get a dedicated committee
Cynics have been known to scoff that the go-to solution for a politician faced with a problem is to form a committee.
Tenancy changes should not alarm
Tenancy changes should not alarm
The lead-up to any changes that will regulate behaviour is inevitably a field day for the doomsday merchant.
The link between alcohol and rugby
The link between alcohol and rugby
The Highlanders, by all measures the most popular sports team in the South, have never been afraid of doing things a little differently.
Dross protest and pragmatism
Dross protest and pragmatism
The people of Mataura cannot wait to see the back of waste from the Tiwai aluminium smelter.
Employment numbers
Employment numbers
Good news — unless you are a woman, Maori, Pasifika or under the age of 30.
History and the H bomb
History and the H bomb
It is all in the name. The curriculum area teaching children about New Zealand’s past, to be introduced next year, will be called histories rather than history, highlighting the fact history is not...
Te Tiriti in 2021 and beyond
Te Tiriti in 2021 and beyond
Aotearoa New Zealand commemorates Waitangi Day at a most intriguing time in our history.